Towers in Moscow - City of Capitals, Eurasia (Building), Federation Tower, Hotel Leningradskaya, House on Mosfilmovskaya, Imperia Tower, (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: City of Capitals, Eurasia (building), Federation Tower, Hotel Leningradskaya, House on Mosfilmovskaya, Imperia Tower, Ivan the Great Bell Tower, Kotelnicheskaya Embankment, Menshikov Tower, Mercury City Tower, Moscow Octod Tower, Moscow State University, Naberezhnaya Tower, Ostankino Tower, Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow, Russia Tower, Seven Sisters (Moscow), Shukhov Tower, Sukharev Tower, Triumph Palace. Excerpt: Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian: , Moskovskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet imeni M. V. Lomonosova), previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU (Russian: , Universitet Lomonosova; Russian: , MGU), is the oldest and largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, the university was renamed in honor of its founder, Mikhail Lomonosov, in 1940. It also claims to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy. Currently the university employs more than 4,000 academics and 15,000 support staff. Approximately 5,000 scholars work at the university's research institutes and related facilities. More than 40,000 undergraduates and 7,000 advanced degree candidates are enrolled. More than 5,000 specialists participate in refresher courses for career enhancement. Annually, the university hosts approximately 2,000 students, graduate students, and researchers from around the world. Since 1953, most of the university's departments have been situated on Sparrow Hills, in the southwest of Moscow, five miles from the city center. Located on Moscow's outskirts at the time of its construction, the location of the main building is now about half-way between the center of Moscow at the Kremlin and the city's current limits. The Journalism Department now occupies the university's original location in downtown Moscow across from the Manezh, steps from the Kremlin and...